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. - 1 r . X : " -.- t i , t.'. : -J ct t; a A ' -I X,.ta s a r. T at low J mn i s 1! " li;.iul Be-;y of Cs-.;ai-a U tiie I'.. ion and f..c Incrcas i" ' I .ovo l' r Kk'lies Strik ' i ingly EiuVa Inracior'a Day the ' .-' Occasion of f.M ,UJres. 1 f The ; following; address oa "Some Tendencies of American Democracy," , was delivered by Rev. Dr. "John C. ' f, Klljo, president of . Trinity College, In Craven Memorlar Hall;, Durham, t' the pubUa exercise hed Incident to the celebration of .. Benefactor' , Day, October 3d: , , -a ': ' r Are Americans going to degenerate - "into a raie of, vulgar gossips,; of "are , they going to develop Into a refilled, dignified, atrongd high-minded peo plet Thla is the vital issues In our at--temprt.. to-prove the wisdom and the soundness of democracy. It Is still oh trial. ' We haT not proven Ita cause. ' A hundred yeara of , even unbroken auccesl does not prove the final a'ppM 'catToii of principle..' In - fact, the ' moral principles of society are always on trial. They must be tested .fey each individual, by each generation, ;; So the undkmental doctrines of out govern ment can only ibe vindicated by ft con finuoua teat of them, The two DOsslbU!tle8 of a democracy have been present in every attempt to establish a democratic, ordef of sc- 1 clety. It haa been conflict between rudeness'') and i-refinement, between " coarseness and culture, between that , which Is low and that Which Is high. ? VThe executioners of Louis XVI.- did not take eft their hats during the hor- ' rlble deed, while two priests, who had i . -Tbeen ordered to ."present, laughed ; and joked about the affair. ; Prance ,5 was' drunk with the poisoned wines f democracy, and thla was the manner ' "that the people, used to show their eu . perlority, It was "the way that seemed 'W ihom tii iHinlnv the, authority , of the multitude it was their concep tion or me royai ways oi ireeaom nv democracy. . - -.' .--: '"s? , ; Matthew .Arnold put his linger on . ' .Via Mat -tha har' nrrwhlorrt nf demdC t " ..i- -- v. , ... - .HW,mhn Via aaid "fh Alfftault Of i democracy is how to find and keep , -high Ideals.! Th( value of this state ment la in the assumption .that ' high i " and" not low Ideals ar. the; aim f 1 democracy. But la democracy an op--' portunlty for every man to rise to the - test? Or Is It not a universal permU- alon to every man to do as he pleases ? Is lt a aceme In the Interests of high morals; or high thinking And f high ' " living; or is it a charter or loose mor 1 ' als, low thinking and common living? Doea It lay sternly land unrelentingly t , the obligation upon every, member . of society to labor, earnestly and cease- lessly to rise in the scale of manhood, , . power;and deatlnjfT v " "-'i--, . LOWELL'S DEFINITION. r That It does I "believe every defend ' er of democracy will coldly assert. On 'v no - other jground can it be defended, ' - on no other grounds have Its advocates ; attempted to defend It. Lowell, whose faith 4n democracy has been well verl ' fled, says, "It is that form of society , in which every man has a chance and ,V knows he has it." That Is well said. No one can doubt Its meaning, no one can euccessfully dispute, Its truthful . ness The glory of a democracy Is that H gives every man a fair chance ' and a good chance to become an arts t Tocrat; noi an mrisuicrai pi a iivuhwus aort,out, one or personal. merit. - t " At leBst this; may be assumed of the ' ' English speaking nations. There 4s In I- them an innate desire to r1e. They aeem to 'fee constitutionally aristocratic. ' They are ruled by the Impulse of '. progress; not progress In one direction only, ibut in every direction., That is ' the, historical meaning of American " freedom. It was a struggle not In be half fit commonality, out In behalf of universal arlstocracyv , So therecord treads.. All genuine Americans want to rise In the scale of industry, of so ' iety of political Influence and fame. h f They want to lift the family name and ' make 'it count for larger values. Even " the Virginians who boast of Thomas Jefferson as the hero of democracy, . ' Jealousy-preserve hit old estate and ! visit Monteeello with thereverence due an ancient aristocrat. While the peo 'f. pie 6f Tenneasee talk of the Hermit ; age. Andrew Jackson's old country - home,, as If Jwere a temple of'.wor ship. And. one dears' very much talk In democratic America about the sup ' posedly-noble ancestry that, for some unaccountable cause, came to these . ; shores. ' These, are not sirni to be feared, 1 J ""Sav are really good signs. They Ghow that the essential soul of democ it racy Is vital Jh the American people. 4 They are satisfactory proofs that to a large degree the Americans still un , derstand and highly value the true , Weneflts of a;democracy. , But .these may, mean no more than the impulse . , daily fashion Service 2075. - '- IADIE3' CHEMISE OR COMBIlf ATIOX CO RMET -COVER AND SHORT PETTIOOAI, , ... 811pm4 On over tU Bead and with . 1 ; or without lloB&oa. 5 - . . r .partt Patten No. tou. .. s - vAnsainAUowd. '-3 . The Combination nndenrarment tiu appar.' . ently come to Mar. EliminatlDt. ai it doea. all '' fullnettfrow the waist line, It ii Terr deilrable for wearing with a eloMly-fltted fon. Tbia model ha a pretty flounce at the bottom of the ! petticoat, and I daintly Inserted on the cone, cover. - , The patten ii In S iizet nH, medium and Urja. In the medit-n i!m the garment requires 4 yi yards 61 materiel St lnchet wide, or IHS " yardMinchM Widei.4 yards of bMduif. H yards ol ribbon, I X yard! of intertloa and I W yard of edging to trim. Xt made without flottnco, X yard leu of material will bt needed. Fries ef .pattora. 19 ceata. Elmply give number ol pattern yua desire, or cnt oat f llasiratioa mad mail, it with 10 cents, silver or . Kampj, to The . Observer Charlotte N. C. lavlUoa Dcpt - , i;--' t ;f .--J. !. 1 i,:' a v - a , I a:: 1 f.i-i;:.-ir..!.-p i I of i !: r. .. .-r-' i le a uell-undi r.t. -i i ai'cyt ei goal. And thi-gnal mu.-t t e up proved ia Bound morals, otherwise oeiHocracy will prove to be an insane scramble , of the . multitudes. "- The French have written "Freedom, Equal ity, Fraternity" over the doors of all their public , buildings as ; tho final creed of democracy. But they are no more than well-sounding words. Where ia the equality to be found?, French- history shows that they be lieve it will.be foun'd at the point of lowest average instead of at tjie point Of highest development. Herein lies the problem, and at this point of time and. this stage of our history is the pressing problem i or American democracy. Ha It, found and ia it keeping high ideals? Ia its soul ruled by "a high reason and ; a fine culture?'' Or is it under the reign of. the coarse, the vulgar ana. the immoral? . . - - . . AMERICAN. IDEALS. . - -: As much as one may dislike to crit icise, yet, .very many obvious facts make one doubt whether to a .satisfy ing degree Americans have at this time ideals that are, undeniably worthy, "fcf a nation like, pur, nation. Too much stress, too high a value are placed pn the merely Incidental, the purely ac cidental, the s outward f abrlfi. The real' and the essential are forced to the oackgrourid." Th outwardi signs of power and influence are taken for the real force of personal worth There Is an inordinate love .of show, a greed for badges, r Wagner s plea . for the, lmple life finds very many sympathi sers, hut exceedingly few patrons. ' : There fa ho lack of protest against this unwholesome worship of the In-' cidental, - especially against - it whetv practiced ,by the wealthy and the eje tlusively aociai classes. However, this protest seemingly lacks, sincerity It is done in passion: It shows that it' is engendered of Jealousy, instead of 'be ing the pro test' of a, sound moral sense. And those who protest loudest are flulck to fall into the ways of thev fic titious aa soon as they get the means and the opportunity to practice them. Not a few have Teached Washington as Congressmen by energetic warfare against the customs of the aristocratic only to utterly forget their over-vir tuous campaign speeches, the simple waya of their uncultured constituenti, and the. manner of ... their own lives when their incomes were much less than J5.000 annually. They were simple, enough 4n their country homes on an Income of a thousand dollars a year. - But the city has speedily chang ed them, at. least, until the next campaign.-- -i-y v'. The ooldest example of giving undue Importance to the incidental over the real U the power which wealth has grown to have in the America mind This Is not. confined to one clasa It is an-American trait.- The poor are pos sessed of it aa well as th -rich.' Per haps it is stronger and mere dominant in the poor than It is in the wealthy. Tne worship of richea is not condition ed on 'the possession of, riches. The pauper may be quite aa covetous as the multl-mllioinalre., However, Amer icans too largely reckon the virtues of their country In the terms of money. Hither come the poor out of all lands b&cause they have got the notion that In thW' hvnd a poor-man may become a rich man, and because he is rich he will ,have social standing and! polit ical Influence. ' The American "hero is the man who has started on nothing and worked his way to a fabulous for tune. Certainly' there . la nothing blameworthy In his achievements. It Is to be praised. But It is only a ma terial progress. It does not prove that the real man has ascended to a higher, a better"and a stronger type of man hood. It does not prove that democ racy has done anything of eternal worth, oft only o shows that in our democracy a poor man may become a rich man. But what America must prove la that here weak man may become a strong man, that a man can build in himself the might of manhood and have it counted and fully valued, voters. He is called tarn, is pitied as one who means well out lacks force. What he says la true and worthy of consideration but is better in the par lor than it is on the hustings. ' - -A DISCORDANT NOTE. If one really wtehes to reach and to pleaee and to influence what is called the "American masses,' he must aound the. note of loudness, of extravagance, of vulgarity. It must be assumed that the masses have a strong taste for im moral jQkea. personal thrusts, vituper ation, slander and words that flame with malice. They laugh at profanity, they: enjoy loose jokes, and they call vituperation courageous genius. So it has come to pass that clean, high minded, cultured men dread the hus tings; they And themselves without a hearing and, a following; and steadily the morals of American politics des cend In the scale of .coarseness and vulgarity. . . Of-this spirit there Is no sadder, no more hurtful, example than that type of partisan journalism which prospers and grows more and more popular among the American masses. Per haps there is not to be found .closer students of public taste than this type of Journalists. Their chjef aim la to produce that which will Bell fastest In the largest market. They study the tastes, not theheeds of their custom ers. Their dajly boast Is, "We voice the sentiment of the "masses." They know t. the language f the masses, they know the , weaknesses of them, they know the prejudices of them, and they know the level pt thought that prevails among them.; So this type of journalism may "be taken as a trust worthy Jnterpretatldn of the tenden cies of the multitudes in America. This class of papera may be known at once by their vulgar ,bigiess. Head lines in Kud colors of Mnk. big type and the lnsanest sort of composition. Cartoons that are -ugly;, false, man and cowardly degrade the pages, while (editorials blase with paeeton and can ' A I .. - -. Vila A venom tn the patrons. It Is a policy of making men drunk that they may be the more easily cheated. It is a policy that develops the dope habit that one, may fun a prosperous dope factory. And Just why China with itn opium habit Is an object for American pity . while Americans with an Incur able thirst for the moral dopes of vul gar gossip are complacent, is a conceit which may -not: bet easily explained. Certainly nation j always doped on venom has nothing to boaat over one that is doped on a drug. - . It wlll.be recalled that Senator Han na during his political career was one of the1 worst victims of this low pol icy and vulgar taste among Americans. The artoonlt seemed, to reach the heights of his genius In degrading this American citizen, supposedly a frso American cltlaen. In the minds of his political opponrnts. 'From end to end of the nation he ..was pictured as a beast consumed v with s a : dta.hollral gluttony forgold. Millions' of bis fell low cltisena, who nver saw him, came to regard him as the Incarnation of trickery i. and eovetoosness. I have heard It related, that on one occasion a friend handed Sir, Hanna the- latest cartoon of hhn. The ftnator'g face grew sad. He replied, "It docs seem to me that my government which I strive to serve and to which I pay my taxfs might protect my wtfa from this sort of violence and hatred," However, a cannibal race will devour with as great relibh aud good cojibdoiice a That fc.ich. method.- are jv.erfly trici.3 cmploye-1 to control the mr- s seems cl.--ar wh'-n it is reeaii.-d t.lat I're.sl d:nt McKiniey, 'Who was also a prom inent victim of our national vulgarity, after his assassination received the praises of the very papers which had most brujally fed the spirit that In spired the deadly shot. An editor at thjs tomb of one whose life he tor mented with malicious slanders la a sample of a hypocrisy that could not be tolerated by a refined and honor able public sentiment. -'- It i when, wealth wishes to be tak en for true greatness, when it claims to be the chief end, when it arrogates moral and social and political super iority that it inspires just" protest. At best it is but a material thing, an in cident It may be In the hands of a great and a true man, It may be in the hands of a small and a mean man. . Manhood, great ' and - (mlghty manhood, may exist without it; it may exist with it w But the wealth is not the man He holds his right to honor and respect . by the merits of his personal worth, not bythe show of heaps of brick and stone, by the parade of splendid teams and glitter ing rbbes. , Take him apart from, all these material things, stand him al"v and let hint show what he Is in him self. lias ,Jie;;intelMgence has he character?- has he soul, great soul? has , he" (personal manhood ? Jn sound democracy theseytre the quea tlons he nust answer.' C. -' ; o ; ; POWER OF 'GOLD, i ' But these are dnot the - questions Americans ask oftenest and aak loud est.! .They, are not ths things whtflh Americans tell -with lai-gest empha sis. "He is worth ' fifty milllona,' Is the statement that makes American eyes open widest and the American imagination get busy wtthi. day dreams. . Fifty .millions seem to bring in sight perpetual freedom ' from work. Endless indulgence in sensuous luxuries, tha most costly i outward decoration, a note of omnipotence In the voice,- and the worshipful service and friendship of men. ! These are the triumphs of riches, great riches, and they are too loudly proclaimed by Americans. , Even .the virtuous editor who prophesiea wlfh" the stern ness ; of Cato against this immoral derivation of -x-icheV: lay down; hU pen,, rents an evening sut from a clothing house, sttehda a function at one of the millionaire palaces in the avenue, and gives the local reporter to understand that he must prepare a column bearing the headlines, "The Editor Greatly Honored; A Special Guest at In the Avenue; . Finds Recognition by Millionaires." It is this fictitious ., exaltation ' of wealth' that makes it a real -peril to American democracy. The peril does not 118 in the existence of wealth, for certainly poverty Is hot the noblest virtile of a democracy. But when wealth becomes conceited, arrogant, tyrannical, indolent and insolent it is the surest and 'shortest way to a hopeless povrty of manhood and the disgrace to a people. That, It should ever hold such a place is not so much the fault of the rich as it fs the fault of 'the masses" whov clothe ft in their imaginations wtth such royalty. .The people who invest it with regal pow er, the society that enthrones it at the summit of their admiration, should own their selection for j the crown. They haVe.no right to put on the throne that which they will not honor. ' However, a sound democracy must be a perpetual faith in personal manhood. It will be a . fatal day when Americans build walls so hia;h that they bide manhood. It will be the end of their attempt at a democracy when they polish stones so bright that they eclipse the light of master ful minds; ,lt "B5III be their immortal shame When'they sell he virtues of a great nation for the paultfy badges of a material 'show This Is the vul garity, the unpardonable vulgarity, of wealth. 1 That It Is adorned 4n fine raiment and fares sumptuously every day does not cleanse It from coarse ness and paganism. , SUPUEMACT OF MANHOOD. The Immortal triumph of American democracy must be found in the su preme regard .for moral manhood formed after the loftiest ideals. ,Tjhe supremacy of manhood Is the only true note of a sound democracy. It is with Americans whether "they can learn to sound it, and keep It abound ing through all , the earth for all times. "You will do," td quote a fine saying of Eplctetus, "the greatest ser vice to the State, if you shall raise not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens; for It Is better that great souls should dwell in small houses than slaves should live in-paiaces."'' -' r 'v '""'-'S' - But there are other forms in which the sad deoadence of tha true ideals of our national spirit and ' national conduct is showing Itself. Blinded by an enthusiastic pride In' our past and a prejudiced faith a' our future,' we are not deposed to sit in calm Judg ment upon the tendencies of our de velopments. Serious forces are al lowed to go unchallenged, and we grant charters to. ignorant novices to practice their conceits upon our cltl genshlp. ' wf" Hon. James Bryce in his 'American Commonwealth" says that we Ameri cans have a fondness for bold and striking effects. The author's char acter and friendship are both security against this being a bit of small crit icism. It Is the utterance of a ca. pable and calm . student of public traits as well as public deeds. .- - However, no sane and patriotic American can have delight in such a national characteristic. It Is not an honorable virtue to Iwhlch we may point with pride. If Is a l&lot that mars our national character, and one which we should diligently strive to remove. , Loudness is the mark v of both ignorance and coarseness, and la only tolerable in a half-civilized raco. Nor can the lark of personal culture bi hid beneath the veneering of fabu lous wealth and , a dramatic, show of reflnement. 14 , That .""Mr. , Bryce was Justified in making this statement la unfortunate ly verified by a host of - undeniable facts. I wish I could confront the declaration with' o bold challenge of Its truthfulness But this 1 dare not do. The facts bear witness against such a denial.. V- '' ? -"i-.M-l.'-, -- Of this love f the extravagant; this delight in the glaring, and this' ap proval of the Toud there Is no better example to be found than in the in. ability of the calm,- the -wlss and the sincere tsatesmaa to secure the sym pathetic attention ,'- of s the American Nor is the patronage of this class of vulgarity confined to the Ignorant and tha menial. Such Journals are found on the desks of preachers, of lawyefs, of physicians, bankers, manufactur ers and teachera They s Into the homes of those .who are supposed to have their minds tuned to a higher note, whose, thoughts and Ideals are supposed to move, on a higher level. It 1s this which creates .the gravest cowern. - If this .national vulgarity confined to-the unlearned it might be charged to Ignorance and 'cured by education, but It Is not peculiar to the unlearned. The learned relish ' it. The itate is widespread.. ' The low ideals which it reveals rule the educated clswarr. ' U ""liationil . : , o . . Ui,,, .-Si Cae cf Xew York's educators luj bc-in c,,. ited recently as faying that the evil of such JournallFai in New York City ia worse than .the evils of the whiskey traffic. As extravagant as it may appear to some I verily be lieve that the baneful Influence of this reckless and Immoral Journalism is more hurtful In the whole nation than is the bar-room cvil. This I say though I am a prohibitionist of he rtrlctest sect, accepting no sort of compromise with the whiskey evil. As dreadful as the bar-room evil la. yet there are millions of citizens who are not influenced by it. . They do not patronise it, they do not in any way partake of its evils. Among these are women and children and the .majority of men. But the evils of this journal lam go Into the homes throughout the land. Women, and children are affect ed by themrf families are s estranged, neighbors are separated in their fel lowships, friends ' are turned Into enemies, and the whole nation Is filled with: hurtful, suspicion,.; There' are animosities in the spirits of Children created by an unscrupulous Journalist that will 'he .hr and da Asmara 'for fifty years to come, f There, are ,com- mnnlttM thaf hivi hAn tnrn Atinfiff .......... . ,, . . h j v by the violence of extreme journalism while a half century will not heal the breeches. , There, are confidences that have' been destroyed hat wlllnver bo. restored. . The virus ; of this evil has gone into the blood of the young, the middle-aged and the old. Its miasma poisons every , Community. Its de grading Influences are lowering every point of public life. vT - There Is a phaale of this coarsness that is indulged In by classes that should be far removed from such un- be called vulgar familiarity, t it shows Itself In aneaklnv bt men in authorl- rv bji 4he hnotbla.-kii tn the back alley speak to and of each other, i It leaves oft all trtles, it discards ail forms or resn'omihie address. It uses uvly nick names and employs the slang of the streets In the place of the high terms of' cultured and ' honorable society. Thta vulirai. fomlllnrltv la tho 9YmDtOm of tSat disease in a democracy which destroys the sense' or rennea cnarac ter. It is a way of saying "he1 is no KsttAP than T am." which would not be had if the custom did not show that Us patrons thought themselves boors, barbarians, even low bred. This la their own estimate, one which aH good people regret to 'accept A Milt Ann vial Una- the White HOtfse spat on the steps as he was leaving, ana 'wnen asaea nis reason or utu an ugly act replied, "Oh it makes me. feel like the thing isn't above me." a' nAni- whn sense of dlanltv can only be preserved by a wholesale prac tice of vulgar manners ana 10 w speecn cannot lay claims to any very great progress In civilization. The tradi tion of General Washington taking off his hat to a negro who had taken his off to the General did not make for social equality; it only showed the In nate sense of the gentleman In th man nt hitrh nnnltlon. Social decay has made fearful advances when It be comes grounds of suspicion to do courteous, refined and high-minded. DECAY OF CULTURE. ..The painful decay of culture in the nation , i strikingly Illustrated in the literary style of to-day aa compared with the literary style of fifty yeara ago. The private as well as the public letters of Jeffersin, Madison, Calhoun. Webster, Sumner and Lamar were written In a style clearly marked with dignity of form, lofty of diction and manliness of spirit. And as they wrote so they spoke. In the hottest contest of the Senate, with, the gravest Issues were at stake and interest was at its' height, the deliverances were dignified and manly. They did not de scend to the vulgarietles of the mob, they fdld not employ the instruments of the law. They spoke, as men of high breeding, high Ideals and charged with great responsibilities, it was this period and these -men who gave the nation a' proud standard of ora tory: Their speeches belong to our literature and are studied in our schools as are the speeches of Cicero and ' Demosthenes. Just how many speeches - delivered In the United States Senate within the past two decades will eventually find their, place In our literature as have the speeches of Webster and Calhoun, Sumner and Lamar, I do not under take to say. However, it seems a long ways from Senato'r Calhoun and Senator Lamar to much we hear on the Southern platform to-day. Nor does this distance show that the na tion has risen in the scale of high speech and courteous contests. . Americans; are' exposed to the: charge,' of wicked and unpardonable vandalism, a 4ralt that does any peo 4 pie great discredit. Mr. Vanderblit, at fabulous expense, built his great estate of Blltmore and was generous enough to grant the public the privilege of go ing through it and enjoying Its beauties and learning lessons from It. A re fined and grateful public would have guarded the estate with Jealous care and shown themselves worthy of such high confidence. However, the spirit f nllitn naaerted itself and V A - . -- ' stringent limitations became necessary to protect private propeny agamm me ttl. fcattAa of a careless PUbllC. Mr, Vanderblit' s experience is repeated in all sections pi tne naun. n -tiA.at Pirk la nntv kent toaether by the strictest military regulations, and protection. Public plares like parks, depots, hotels and even houses of wor- ship show the scars 01 a phb tonuw, . .r, ..vw a-nes into a court house without being Impressed by a multitude of loathsome signs of Ameri can vandalism. rrivaie property. valuable product, tne ouicom vi hard toll and many sacrifices never seem to appeal, to a jpoVie wnu, 00- csuse they are tree, wim w ar their freedom after the manftet of the Goths. ' r icrriiiablo habit Which all-Americans should striv to Correct im . of a better exDres- slon, may be called a nervous reckless- ness, an inaouuy 10 7 opinion. They rush with, blind, haste to a- ooncluslon, having' little iegard tor, the right methods or securing evidence and the logical relations or facts. Ex parte reports, street goealp, and the slightest hint are accepted as valid testimony. Maddened with tnr bulent emotionalism they proclaim a hero one day and condemn hlra the next day." Admiral Dewey had scarce ly reeevsred from the fatigu of his reception before he found himself the object of relentless criticism only be cause he had done some little thing which his countrymen" did not like. The heroism of Manilla was utterly forgotten in the light of iupposjd ambition to t president of the United States, just as the daring of Hohson was spoiled by the thoughtless enthu siasm of a youn woman.. A people go fickle, so easily Influenced, are al ways the victims of designing men. 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NIGHT SCHOOL We are prepared to give you the best In nuslnei education. King't Business College, Piedmont Whig., Charlotte, N. U. ' AT DILWORTH We have a pretty 8 room cottage home, mddern Improve ments, on good avenue, 12,660. F. C. Ab bott & Co. WILMOORE With its wide awnues. Its nearness to tne car line ana to cuv, clotn to manufacturing plants, Its rapid ly developing and many lots have been old We at 111 offer our choice lota, near South Tryon street, at a00, ftiOO and 1700 and on terms to suit. Also iota near Elisabeth Mill and cnariotte pipe Foun dry at 1200. 1300. IW0 snd SSOO . e,iy terrria. Vcu Can buy for home or for Investment at Wlimoore. r. u. adooii company, ktbw crop cotton seed meal and hulls. Our plant is now In operation and we are prepared to supply new crop meal and nulls at our mill North Charlotte tth street ana zna sireet nranenes. in- Sulrles for car lots solicited. Elba Mfg. 0. , A BEATTTIFUL little home at Piedmont, lot CsxlSO, 1 rooms, modern conven iences, little more than a block from our line. $3,8W. F. C Abbott ft Co. TO OWNERS timbered land. We have clients In h murket for purf.nas tim bered lands, 25.0M to 100,000-aere tracts- of yellow pine and hardwood- Price must he reasonable, Send deacrlpllon map or sketch keatlon, H. R. or water transport tatlon, Timber estimates and loweit prlJs In fee. Address J. C, Llndley ft Comrany,. Greensbero. N. C. HILL CRE3T LOTS on Oast avenue es tMided, 0x225, at quick sale. F. C. Ab bott ft Co. OCTOBER 14, is when Nlf ht floheot opens , st King's Business College. Monday, Tuesday and Thurnday night, 7.S0 to TELEPHONE for our wssttm to call and get your work. Queen City Dyeing and Cloning 'Works. WHAT 18 YOUR TIME worth per mln , ute? Inquire about Mrs. Joe Person's proposition and sea If you can spare a few minutes. , . TEACHERS WANTBD-Speota! enroll ment. Can plnoe you if unemployed, Give full particulars. Vseancle all parts South, rural, graded, principals, music, etc. Southern Teachers Agency; Colum bia, S. C. : :'.,-.- roit SALS. FOR SALE Twelve hundred and fifty dollars buys half Inter in good pay ing business with maragment; fair sal ary. A hargsln Business, care Observer. FOR BALE To Introduce our high grade iAmt r nft ft f 4 in linn lcm at t a keg for a short time. All flavors. UOons Kuarvmeeu. vasiv wiin uraer, Caroiltjs Cider ft Vinegar Co., Coluinbts. 8. C. FOR SA.LE-RilYie in Dilworth. ' For price and terms apply to O. A. Rob tlr.a , , -t FOR FILTI. CHEAP-Thlrtr-nvs horse ' powet tubular boiler and fixtures and nrlne, shafting, pulleys. nvrtlsr. tennner, ripsaws, panelraiser and blind maahloary., F. W Ahrens, Morehead street, ..- J ' - - 1 FOR ' SALK-Nlse so-acre farm, near Charlotte. Price U,WH. or exchange for City property. , Farm, Care Otsrrver, FOR SALE 1.12 seres of flrst-riasa farm ' lanfls.tn Ansen Sounty. Cut to suit purchaser. Can be bousht rheap. Mon. roe Insurance ft Investment Co., Monroe, K. C, .' FOR SALlKverythlng in tha wlrror line, 7all -siws, ahBpes snd a-iaHi!. F.zej.Myert 'Co.t 12 and U W est Itn struct. lfUou4 75. , -; iron iignt. r"0!l RENT Big nlee light room fur nished, bath privileges, S03 E. Houle vard, Dilworla.' 'v . FOR p.ENT-Sveral dsursble rooms, BslmoU Hoteb , - ' . FOH HENT Ons fumlhod rnom to n- tlcnian Arcly TA E, Fourth. - r - I'll ' ' " '' , - o :' Ma.il orders filled yii'S s f Remember, Mellon's Clothes Fit. ' , Handsome in design and finish, and constructed in the best possible manner, it will wear well, as well as look well; and our little prices on each piece add the more to its attractiveness. ; If you want much or little, it. will ay you to see : lubim furniture' Co, The Largest and Best Stock of Office Furniture in the State Roll Top Desks. Flat Top Desks. Typewriter Desks. Book-keeper's Desks. -Office Chairs. Vertical Letter Files. ' Director's Tables. Office Stools. Letter Press Stands, ' Insurance Cabinets. Legal Document Files. Encyclopedia Cabinets. , Linoleums and Carpets. Everything to equip your office in modern and con V venient style. Largest dealers in the State. ' - , ParfieF Gardner Co. I " . ----- . 1 - . - -. -'V J -' -: - '. J f eriaii College for Women Presbyt V -: CHAttLOTTE, X. a Opens September 5th, 1907. r Catalogue furnished , xipon. application. . Rev. R, Bridges, (INCORPORATED! 1 - k CAPITAL STOCK 130,000.00. ' This Is the largest, best equipped bustnesa co11p tn Korth Curo Una a poeltlv. provable fact Book-ksplnsr, Shorthand. Tpe writing ana Telegraphy taught by expert foaltlons ruaranteed or tnoney beck. Railroad tare paid. AvrlU for our new catalogue anl ' Offer. Aadrase IClog'a Stwlaeaa CftUess. n ri ill We invite your attention to this kind of clothes be ' cause it is better .for. ns both, to have you wear the superior quality. ; w ; The clothes we sell hare ; an individuality and guperi ; ' " $ - ' ; . ..- e. .; ority all of their own that' makes them very noticeable -V'.' . '' "' ' s's-.ojoisf,; on day of receipt. THE GENERAL of our Furniture creates a' favorable impression. It proves worthy of the fullest confidence. , D. D. President C-i:' .''. . C, cr r.iV '.X :. C. APPEARANCE 1 ' 4 ' 4" j 1" tV. 1-'' -i ; t
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Oct. 7, 1907, edition 1
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